HP Sygate and MJ

spydox · Post by **spydox** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:48 pm

I have a T5710 1.2/512/512 with the latest XPe i. flashed last nite.

I know the forum sticky said to disable Sygate, which may be the best option. But I've been trying to convince Sygate to allow MJ, and its one of the worst firewall editors I've ever seen.

The MJ install went OK. But when it runs it says its being blocked. If I disable Sygate it sorta 1/2-a$$ed works (the PC mic and speaker can be used to call, but the phone has no dialtone..

The main panel says the Magicjack USB Softphone is one of the active aps. Cool, it knows it's there. A bubble keeps popping up saying the ap is blocked.

So I go into ADVANCED RULES and APPLICATIONS, and the stupid firewall doesn't even LIST MJ! DOH! Its under \Documents and Settings (a little odd that) but every ap in the list seems to be under \windows. And I see no way to enter a path. Oddly, if I hit BROWSE, the directory Application Data is not even in the list although it shows up in Explorer.

I'd love meet the brite spark that wrote this code- it recognizes the ap running, but offers no way to edit the rules for it. And if I right-click the ap icon, there is no UNBLOCK option.

DOH!

Im reluctant to just jump in and try another firewall since I dont know if it will even fit in my 512 without more finagelling..

. And who knows what new problems that will present?

tony · Post by **tony** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:54 pm

Hi,
I couldn't figure out how to let Sygate let some applications through. In the end, I just removed Sygate as I'm behind a router/firewall (should I be?). Is not having a firewall an option for you?

mberlant · Post by **mberlant** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:03 pm

Nat routers are de facto inbound firewalls, and do a great job of keeping the scanners and probers out. A good virus protector will trap most other uglies that you invite in, and a good trojan protector will quash any Trojan Horses you happen to invite in.

The only thing you might need an outbound firewall for is to protect against programs that you need to keep installed (like Firefox or Media Player or Windows) phoning home without your permission. In this case, if you aren't technically adroit enough to manage hosts and routes tables (most of us are not good enough), you might need an outbound firewall to help you change those settings.